Eclipse crash issue

I faced an unusual eclipse crash today.
Error message said:

An error has occurred. See the log file
/home/hendrik/workspace/.metadata/.log.

I browsed through some forums and found this solution:

http://tapestryjava.blogspot.com/2004/10/worst-eclipse-crash-ever.html,

http://dev.eclipse.org/newslists/news.eclipse.newcomer/msg12793.html

The solution was that we needed to remove two file
\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.resources\.snap
and
\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.resources\.root\.markers.snap

And it worked for me.
cheers
Saurabh